Sunday, September 11, 2011

Another Transsister Murdered In DC

Got a call from Ruby Corado earlier this morning about an unidentified Latina transwoman who was found unconscious at 4 AM in the Columbia Heights section of DC at 11th and Fairmont Streets NW:.

She was taken to Howard University Hospital where she was pronounced dead  a short time later.

Corado along with Earline Budd are on the MPD Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit and part of the TBLG alert network of people that are called to assist in cases such as this.   They are trying to identify the victim and notify her next of kin

In an unrelated case, a suspect was arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon.  The waste of DNA threatened three transwomen with a gun in the 4000 block of Minnesota Ave SE in an incident that started on a Metro bus.

Will keep y'all posted on any new developments.

TransGriot Note: The person killed was actually a South Indian gay and engineer named Gaurav Gopalan, who was in femme attire.  Friends say he was going out more frequently as his alter ego Gigi. 

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